When Canon and I got Super Mario Bros. 2, it was just about the most exciting thing in the world. We were limited on Nintendo time back then, half-an-hour a day (I don’t remember if that was half-an-hour each or half-an-hour total…either way, thanks Mom, it probably saved us from becoming more of video game [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Old Nintendo Games
Posted in Family, Games, tagged nes, nostalgia, super mario bros on September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Dreams…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I went with a friend the other day to get a tattoo–wait. She got a tattoo. I didn’t haha. We started talking about dreams and I asked the tattoo artist if he dreamt about tattooing people. (My boss at Quiznos explains our “One Dollar Sub Sale” to her boyfriend in her sleep.) He said that [...]
The Rules: #3
Posted in Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, tagged scary things on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
#3: Show Nothing to your Friend that may affright him.
I wonder what sorts of things the writer of these rules was thinking about. I mean, this was 400 years ago. They didn’t have any horror flicks or youtube videos. Maybe the rule was designed to cover spiders, snakes, and severed heads.
“Wickedness Never Was Happiness”
Posted in Church, tagged alma 41:10, contrapositive, propositional logic on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever wonder if we interpret that scripture backwards? We usually hear it in the sense of, “If you’re wicked, you won’t be happy, so don’t be wicked!” But it could just as easily mean, “If you’re happy, then that’s a sign that you’re not wicked.” I think that, most of the time, that’s the more [...]
Three Acts
Posted in Church, Green Hill, tagged city, garden, wilderness on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The traditional three-act epic (think Star Wars or Lord of the Rings) starts with the good guys receiving a quest (act 1). Then the bad guys almost stop the good guys from completing their quest (act 2), and finally the good guys triumph over the bad guys (act 3).
In church we get the three-act epic [...]
The Rules: #2
Posted in Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, tagged body, modesty, private, prudish, public decency on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
#2: When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.
In case you ever wondered why moms are obligated to tell their kids, “Stop scratching down there!” This one also covers picking your nose. The part about “not usually Discovered” gives us echoes of modesty from hundreds of years [...]
The Rules: #1
Posted in Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, tagged company, french jesuits, respect on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About 400 years ago, some people (French Jesuits, says this site) came up with the Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation. There are 110 rules in all.
#1: Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.
There you go. Every action. That’s a [...]
